America

• 26 July 2010
  AMERICA/URUGUAY - Preparation begins for next CELAM General Assembly in 2011 Montevideo (Agenzia Fides) – The Uruguay Bishops' Conference informed Fides of a recent CELAM Meeting held 20 - 22 July in Bogota. The meeting was the fourth and final general coordination meeting of CELAM, the Council ...
• 26 July 2010
  AMERICA/EL SALVADOR - Arizona immigration law totally unjust, says Mgr. Escobar San Salvador (Agenzia Fides) – The Catholic Church in El Salvador sincerely hopes for a repeal of the new immigration law in Arizona, otherwise the image of the United States as the most democratic country in the world ...
• 24 July 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - Hogar de Cristo for post earthquake reconstruction; August month of solidarity Santiago (Agenzia Fides) - The earthquake which shook Chile in February this year, struck mainly in one of the poorest parts of the country. The buildings which suffered most damaged included about twenty centres known a ...
• 23 July 2010
  AMERICA/BOLIVIA - Church committed to consolidating communications pastoral Cochabamba (Agenzia Fides) – From 28 to 30 July Cochabamba will host a Meeting of the Bishops and secretary delegates for Communications in Boliviarian countries, Colombia, Ecuador, Venezuela, Peru and Bolivia. Accordi ...
• 23 July 2010
  AMERICA/CANADA - Exhibition of documents regarding Amerindians in the 19th century collected by a Jesuit missionary Montreal (Agenzia Fides) - Perhaps few have heard of Fr. Nicolas Point, a Jesuit missionary, and his precious collection of writings and drawings concerning the life of Amerindians in Canada and the United States in the ...
• 22 July 2010
  AMERICA/BRAZIL - In view of coming elections Bishops call Catholics to vote for candidates committed to promoting human life, marriage and peace Rio de Janeiro (Agenzia Fides) – In view of elections in the Autumn the Bishops of the eastern region of Brazil, Rio de Janeiro state, have called on Catholics to choose representatives clearly committed to protecting ...
• 22 July 2010
  AMERICA/VENEZUELA - The joy of being missionary disciples: looking towards the National Congress for Missionary/Holy Childhood and Adolescence San Carlos (Agenzia Fides) – The diocese of San Carlos de Venezuela-Cojedes will host from 11 to 15 August, the 4th National Congress of Missionary/Holy Childhood and Adolescence (CONIAM) which will have the theme “ ...
• 21 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - “I am a missionary and I bring all people to encounter Christ ”: Union of Sick Missionaries Meeting Mexico City (Agenzia Fides) – From 16 to 19 September 2010 the 14th National Meeting of the Union of Sick Missionaries (UEM) will take place in Saltillo, Coahuila, with the slogan: " I am a missionary and I bring all p ...
• 20 July 2010
  AMERICA/CHILE - The ardour of Pauline Jaricot for Young Missionaries' National Day (JOMIS) Santiago (Agenzia Fides) – “A Missionary Church with Pauline, without borders or barriers” is the theme of the next Young Missionaries National Day (JOMIS) to be celebrated all over Chile on 22 July. According to i ...
• 19 July 2010
  AMERICA/HONDURAS - Learning the “values of life” from early childhood: Catholic campaign reaches out to 250,000 children Tegucigalpa (Agenzia Fides) – Aimed at teaching the principal values of life to youngsters from an early age this year's annual 'Children's Campaign', promoted by the Catholic Church in Honduras is reaching out to thou ...
• 17 July 2010
  AMERICA/PERU - Callao city in a state of Permanent Mission Callao (Agenzia Fides) – Tomorrow, Sunday 18 July, missionaries in Callao will live another intense moment of the journey of the Great Continental Mission. For the past two years they have been engaged in 'Operation Co ...
• 16 July 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - For the Church “the law allowing same sex marriage has been forced on the nation, with total disregard for the people” Buenos Aires (Agenzia Fides) – Following almost fifteen hours of debate, the senate of Argentina approved a law to allow marriage between persons of the same sex. Argentina is the first Latin American country to adopt ...
• 16 July 2010
  AMERICA/ARGENTINA - Seminar on the missionary value of serving the sick and the elderly Salta (Agenzia Fides) – The Pontifical Mission Societies in Salta, together with the archdiocesan Commission for Mission Pastoral, have organised for Saturday 17 July a Seminar on the theme: "Missionary Ministers of Co ...
• 16 July 2010
  AMERICA/MEXICO - Emergency children in the community of Monte Albán Oaxaca (Agenzia Fides) – As a result of the earthquake which struck Mexico on 30 June, there is concern for the condition of a children's canteen in Monte Albán where, a recent after-tremor caused a landslide to fall ...
• 16 July 2010
  AMERICA/HAITI - Six months after the earthquake the country needs still more help with agriculture Port-au-Prince (Agenzia Fides) – Six months after the devastating quake while timely food assistance and agricultural inputs helped avert a post-earthquake food crisis in Haiti, insufficient funding for agriculture con ...